Travel Writing, Traveling On

I happened upon a box never open since I moved back to New York years ago. In that box I came across the Jul/Aug 2001 issue of Transitions Abroad Magazine. I opened it up and had a good laugh when I looked at the Directory and saw Max’s name at managing editor and mine as contributing editor. Better yet was seeing the full page GoNOMAD ad. Max’s piece was interviews with Don George, Sandye Wexler and Simone Andrus and hot destinations for 2001. Mine was about the best web sites for international travelers.

In my picks was a site that Max turned me onto, Johnny Jet. Johnny Jet’s site is now a very popular site and gets big numbers. GoNOMAD has grown far larger that I could have ever predicted when I started as one of six original writers for them. Another funny coincidence was the small piece about the Bouchons of Lyon that was on the page with Max’s piece. I head there in April to begin my trip to the Châteaux’s of the Rhone-Alpes, France. It is a small world after all.